Means for tying tree branches together.



'g No. 890,967'. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.l

J. A., J. & M. L. DAVEY. MEANS EUR TYING- TREE BRANOHESTOGETHER.

APPLICATION FILED EEB. S, 1908.'

' coun J oi lortage and have invented certain new and useful linprovein mts in' ht ns for Tying Tree Branches To' and declare the i'ollowi I to be a ful-l, clear, and et description ol the invention, such as enable others skilled in the art to which l' and. the saine.

tes to improved means live tree-branches vtoto fl ssinv a split or wound a* f met the inner ends o' the said branches and retaining the said branches in position relatively so as to avoid injury to the dressing oi the said split or Wound by any storm or agency tending to force' apart or separate the said branches.

The priifnary object of this invention is to provide means the character indicated which is simple, readily applied, reliable in its operation and not liable to injure the treebranches.

"With this object in view, and/to the end of realizing other advantages hereinafter aypearing, this invention consists in certain meritorious detafls of construction, and combinations ol' parts, hereinafter described,

pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

ln the said drawings, Figure l'is a central vertical section illustrating` two diverging tree-branches tied together by means embodying our invention. Fig. is a section on line 2--2, Fig.y l, loo vsing downwardly. Fig. is a perspective view oi one of the hook-bolts oi our improved means and attached end-link of the chain which the said means comnrise. illnsbiatr` yiii dotted lines, the manner of 'applying the said chain to the hook-bolts. rios. 2 3 are drawn on a larger scale than l* ig. l.

.Referring to the dra .r figli.' indicates the trunk of live tree which has`two branches B and spliL woinleed, as at at the croteh formed at t1 c'inner ends of the sairl brad-helles. I After :removing decayed. and iereign matter'therelrom the split or wonnfl C is dressed any approved l l viously the branehes must not oni e do here-by diverging from the said trunk and. is

1V GHN DAVE?, ANT* MARTN .LA DAVEY, OF KENT, OEB).

tiri-@dressing of the split or wound so as to avoid injury' to the dressing' by any storm or agency tending to force apart or separate the branches.

DSur improved means for tying the treebranches 5B and B together comprise two hook-bolts G and G and a chain il composed of oblong links. lachA hook-bolt G has'ad shank 5 which is screw-threaded from the free extremity to near the hooleproper g of the bolt, and the said hooleproper has its lree end] ortion '7 attened and arranged parallel with the shank of the bolt. The two bolts il and G are screwed into the wood ot the branches .il and .B respectively at the opposing sides of the branches and are arranged substantiallyY in line endwise and approximately ata right angle to the branches. The' vchain J has one of its end-links embracing the hook-proper of one of the bolts adjacent the shank of the respective bolt, and has its ing against the exterior of the said wood ol a washer l( composed of leather, rubber, or/

other comprossible and elastic materiaL -whicli washeris pressed tightly against the said wood by a nut L mounted on the shank` of the bolt so that rain or moisture is posi-A tively prevented from entering the hole made in the wood` by screwing the bolt into the branch. i Y

n The chain J is taut so that it cannot slip of? the liooli-proper of the bolts. Preferably the two branches B and B, before dressing the split or wound C, are drawn toward each other by blOc'k-and-tackle or other means to yaccommodate the slipping of the end-links of the chain over, the hook-propcrs of the bolts, and the removal of the said blocl-and-tackle or other means ein y loyed in clrawingthe branches together resu ts in the resumption by the branches of their original position in which the split or wound is open ready to be dressed, and the bolts are so relatively adjustedby screwing them more orless into thabranches in order to remove any ment the chain from` the hookbolts, the

ehain is composed "of oblong links as already` indicated and thel flattened free end-portion of the 'hook-proper of 'each bolt has a width greater than the width of the opening in ,the end-link attached to the said bolt but measuring less than the length of the said opening so that the said link can only slip. over the said portion of the hook-proper by placing lthe said link in position transversely of the bolt, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 3. Obviously therefore the chain, when once applied to the hook-bolts screwed into the branches, cannot become accidentally detached from the bolts.

What we claim is 1. 'llhe,combination, with two diverging tree-branches, of two bolts provided each with ascrew+threaded shank extending into and attached to the (lil'erent branches respectively, which bolts are tied together; compressible and elastic washers embracing the Shanks of the bolts next to the branches, and nuts mounted on the shanks of the bolts and holding the washers tightly against the branches.

2. The combination, with twodiverging tree-branches, of two hook-bolts provided each with a screw-threaded shank extending into and attached to the different branches respectively a chain attached to each bolt at the hook-proper of the bolt and forming a connection between the bolts; washers embracing the Shanks of the bolts next to the branches, and nuts mounted on the Shanks of the bolts and holding the washers tightly against the branches.

3. The comb1nat1on','w1th two diverging tree-branches, of two hook-bolts provided each with a shank extending into and at tached to the different branches respectively, which bolts are arranged substantially in line endwise and approximately at a right angle to the branches, and a chain composed of inks and having one end-link thereof embracing the hook-proper of one of the bolts adjacent the shank of the respective bolt and having its other end-link embracing the hook-proper -of the other bolt adjacent the shank of they last-mentioned bolt.

4. The combination, with two diverging tree-branches, of two hook-bolts attached to the-different branches respectively at the opseopev posing sides of the branches; a chain com- .posed of oblong lmks and having one endnk thereof embracing the hooksproper of one of the bolts adjacent the shank of the respective bolt and having its other end-link embracing the hook-proper of the other bolt adjacent the shank of the last-mentioned bolt, and the free end-portion of the hookproper of each bolt being flattened and havmg a width which is greater than the Width of the openinglin the link attached tothe said bolt but less t an the length of the said openg5. The combination, with two vldiverging tree-branches, 'of two hook-bolts provided -each with a screw/threaded shank screwed into the different b1 anches respectively at the opposing sides of the branches, which bolts are arranged substantially in line endwise; a chain composed of oblong links and having one end-link thereof embracing the hook-v proper of one of the bolts ad acent the shank o f the respective bolt and liaving its other endelink embracing the hook-proper of the other bolt adjacent the shank ot the llastmentioned bolt; compressible and elastic n washers embracing the shanks of the bolts next to the branches, and nuts mounted on the shanks of the bolts and holding the washers tightly against the branches, and the free end-portion of the hook-proper of each bolt having a width which is greater than the width of the opening in the link attached to the said bolt but less than the length of the said opening. i

Signed by said JAMES A. DAVEY at Amherst, Massachusetts, the 27th day of January, 1908, and by said J onN DAVEY and MMP TIN L. DAVEY, at Cleveland, Ohio,the 4th day of February, 1908.

JAMES A. DAVEY. f JOHN DAVEY.

MARTIN L. DAVEY.

Witnesses to signature of James A. Davey:

B. H. WILLIAMS, S. I. WHITAKER.

Witnesses to signatures of John Davey and i 

